From the mind of Mary Purdy: A collection of true personal essays, creative outbursts, humorous monologues and other sundry offerings that necessitated translating ideas and whims from the brain onto the keyboard.

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7/18/14

Lentil Soup Makes You Think

1.You don’t know what to eat.You look in the fridge and your cabinets and
nothing looks good, or everything seems too complex.Lentil soup seems nice, but how do you
actually make it if you don’t have all the ingredients?Are bay leaves really necessary? ‘Cause
goshdarnitt, the last can of lentil soup was eaten by your roommate.

2.Your roommate snores.Snores because she has sleep apnea – Snores
because no one is there to tell her that she does.But you know.You know because you hear it late at night when you are up in the
kitchen peeking into the cookie jar and wondering if crumbs count as calories, and
wondering if this will be the last night before you start the diet that seems
so promising.

3.You promised yourself you’d stick with it, and
try again,take one more trip to see the
nutritionist because it seems like a good idea and gives you a way of feeling
like you did something with your day.You show up and tell your story, admitting to her what you keep secret
from most and she says “It’s ok. Let’s start again.”And you feel better. She gives you a recipe for
lentil soup that’s easy and you promise to buy the ingredients on your way home.

2 comments:

So glad to see that you've continued writing, Mary. :) This part particularly made me laugh: "peeking into the cookie jar and wondering if crumbs count as calories." ;) Kudos, and keep that pen flowing!